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plies, in a trailing chain, pruning very long, as the rows are 

 planted in France twenty feet apart, and the vines six and a 

 half feet in the rows. Fcr cultivation the whole vine is turned 

 around, laid over on the row, and when the ground has been 

 plowed the vines are turned back again, and supported by 

 small stakes over the empty space, so that the young growth 

 is a foot from the ground. They also claim better and more 

 even ripening, as well as a greater amount of sugar, for this 

 method. Mr. Wetmore would only recommend it for shy 

 bearers, and especially in windy locations. Others who have 

 tried it do not think so favorably of it. The pamphlet issued 

 with the second annual report will explain the method fully. 

 I have not tried it for the reasons given above. 



CHAPTER XV. 



DISEASES OF THE VINE AND THEIR REMEDIES. 



Fortunately, the vine is subject to but very few diseases 

 here, as that terrible scourge of the Eastern and European 

 vineyards, the Peronospora Viticola, or Mildew par excellence, 

 has not troubled us here, and I do not think it ever will, as 

 long as our summers remain as dry, and our atmosphere as 

 pure as they are now. The Peronospora generally makes its 

 appearance in the East after continued rains, and murky, sul- 

 try weather, and then often destroys two-thirds of a crop in a 

 few days, an atmospheric condition which I have not as yet 

 observed here. The Oidium Tuckeri, or powdery mildew, 

 generally appears after heavy fogs, followed by dry, still weath- 

 er during the middle of the day, and yields readily to the ap- 



